Hire and Fire at Will: What Do Global Tech Lay-Offs Mean for India?
Will 2017’s nightmare year for India’s IT industry return in 2023?
Nikhil Dey on Budget Cuts to MGNREGA; Also: Does the Govt Want it to Become a Rotten Apple
The allocation has come down from Rs 1.11 lakh crore in FY’21 to Rs 60,000 crore for FY’24. The govt is destroying MGNREGA, to create a vulnerable population that could become modern forms of bonded labourers or, worse, enslaved people in a neoliberal economy.
While You Count Hours, They Count Billions
The richest 1% of the world now own nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together. These so-called ‘elite’ super-rich accumulated, or to be more precise, looted, nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020.
How India’s Rulers Have Dashed the Hopes of its Younger Citizens
The employment rate fell to 36% in 2022 from 43% in 2016. This was a 7% fall in the employment rate in a country that has the largest young population in the world. This employment rate is much lower than the world average of about 60%.
Marx, the ‘Metabolic Rift’ and Capitalism’s Assault on Nature
Marx’s theory that capitalism created a “metabolic rift” between human society and nature has re-emerged as an indispensable tool for understanding the climate crisis we face today.
Walking with Rahul: For a Politics of Grace, Compassion, Togetherness; Also: Conversations with Participants
It is imperative that we participate in any movement that calls for social embrace and conscientious action. Rahul must be applauded for walking the talk. If we do not join the Bharat Jodo Yatra, we are failing the nation and, above that, betraying our conscience. Also: Conversations with Participants.
How the New Free Grain Scheme Will End up Increasing Poverty
Now, concessional grain being given would no longer be available and the poor will be forced to buy 64% of their foodgrain requirement from the market at a high price.
Veer Narayan Singh – Freedom Fighter – was Also a Food Rights Activist
Veer Narayan Singh (1795-1857) is remembered today as a great freedom fighter of Chattisgarh and India who sacrificed his life fighting colonial rulers. However there is more to his valiant life that we need to remember, in particular his combination of great courage and concern for his people.
Bharat Jodo Yatra, An Extraordinary Experiment: Two Articles
The appeal of the Bharat Jodo Yatra is not only in what it says, but also in its ability to move millions of hearts and minds.
Oxfam Report: Societal Inequalities Being Replicated in Digital Space
The percentage of men owning phones is as high as 61% while only 31% of women owned phones in 2021, according to a new report, which claimed that India’s growing inequalities based on caste, religion, gender, class, and geographic location are being worryingly replicated in the digital space.